EVANSVILLE, Ind. (KFVS) - Three weeks ahead of the upcoming season, the Ohio Valley Conference released its preseason poll for both men’s and women’s basketball.

Reigning OVC regular season champion, SEMO men’s basketball was picked to finish second in the conference, with six first-place votes. The only team ahead of SEMO, Little Rock, was tabbed to finish in first for the second-straight season.

While only five teams received first-place votes in the poll, Redhawks Head Coach Brad Korn envisions a league that could see just about any team contend for a title.

“I think that my general impressions of the race in the OVC is just like any year, it’s going to be wide open,” Korn said. “I know in years past we’ve been picked ”lower" in the preseason and we end up winning the league. We’ve b

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